48 Hours of Family

We just spent a fun, family filled weekend in Charlotte. Ollie got to see all his cousins, aunts and uncles and a set of grandparents. 

All the cute cousins together

Loving on Uncle Chip

Saturday morning babysitting with baby Beau

Saturday afternoon we enjoyed a super fun trip to the pool

The baby pool had these cool water sprays. Ollie loved it!

Pool time with Aunt Shelton and Beau

All the siblings together....minus Shelton. We always seem to be missing one

A family fun weekend! Thank you to Aunt Katy and Uncle Matt for hosting, we had a great time! We love and miss you guys already!

Park Life

The nearest beach is 6.5 hours away and when your kid is begging you to go to the beach daily, you gotta figure out something.  Thankfully the park has a volleyball court. It's kinda like the beach, right??

 

Ollie loves the sand! I can't wait to go on our beach vacation in September. He's gonna have so much fun on a real beach. 

It's not the ocean, but it's a good place to wash off the sand

Time to dry off

This is kinda random, but he was obsessed with this plow truck when we first got to the park. 

Think he has to pee :-)

Scenes from the Weekend

Pizza at Appalachian Mountain Brewery

Playing giant Jenga with Daddy

And they all fall down

The brewery is really kid friendly. Out back is a great play area...big open patio, giant stacking blocks and food on demand via a wood fired pizza truck. We love the brewery!

Sunday. A tasty quesadilla lunch at Black Cat Burrito

A typical Boone Town hippie street fair

Sunday afternoon we tested out Ollie's new rocket ballon toy

There was a little bit of a learning curve, but we eventually got the ballons to go pretty high. Ollie enjoyed it, so that's all that mattered. 

Marsha's House

Ollie always has so much fun when he goes over to Mrs Marsha's house. 

Rolling down the hill in her backyard 

She has such an awesome view

She always has the coolest toys

We gotta get our hands on one of these bubble guns. 

The best part about Mrs Marsha's house is riding the tractor 

Thanks for having us over Marsha! Ollie loves your house!

Flat Top Fun

Banner Elk's one and only brewery had their grand opening party over the 4th of July weekend. So we decided to go out and support local business and celebrate. 

They've got some tasty brews!

Live music by The Rusty Stars. Our friend, Bryan, plays the drums

Ollie dancing around like he always does

Happy 4th Everyone!

We couldn't have asked for a better 4th of July. Perfect weather, awesome parade, delicious cookout and of course plenty of fun with our family and friends!

Ollie anxiously waiting for the parade to begin

Peeking over a row of chairs, still can't see anything 

Then trying out the view from the tailgate. Better view, but just not close enough

That's much better...in the street with daddy 

Grammy's turn

We really had to hold him back. Ollie was so excited!

They saved the best thing for last. A fleet of all kinds of fire rescue vehicles and fire trucks

Highlight of Ollie's day...FIRE TRUCKS!!!!!!

Walking hand in hand with Grammy and DeDat to the park. Lots of post parade activities in the park

Ollie just wanted to slide

Grillin and chillin at our 4 th of July cookout :-)

What better way to wrap up the day than with an ice cream treat

Thanks Grammy and DeDat for joining us in all the festivities and hosting a yummy cookout!  Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!